The ruling PF says it will petition the outcome of the Sesheke Parliamentary by-election. Secretary General Davies Mwila says his party has opted to petition the election results because of the violence that marred the campaigns. Addressing a media briefing in Lusaka Mr. Mwila said his party lost the by-election because of the enemies of democracy whom he has accused ...

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has hailed his party’s victory in the just ended Sesheke Parliamentary by-election as the birth of a movement against tyranny and suppression. Mr. Hichilema believes that with this movement, the yoke of tyranny in Zambia will soon be replaced with peaceful coexistence that is focused on economic development. In a statement to thank the people of ...

Rapper 21 Savage has been granted release from US custody on bond and will be freed on Wednesday in the lead-up to his deportation hearing, his lawyers say. The 26-year-old, real name Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was arrested last week by US immigration agents. They say he is British and in the US illegally. He moved to the US in July ...

His previous starring role was in an 80s mega-flop that almost destroyed George Lucas’s career, but that hasn’t stopped Marvel giving Howard the Duck his own TV series. The feathered superhero will star in one of four Marvel Television animated series for adults. Clerks director Kevin Smith will be one of the show’s writers. A UK streaming service for the ...

Paris St-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe called for an end to the “scare stories” about injuries to star players Neymar and Edinson Cavani after he led his side to a 2-0 win a Old Trafford. Neymar and Cavani were absent as PSG scored two away goals in the Champions League last-16 first leg – Mbappe adding to Presnel Kimpembe’s opener. “We ...

All flights in and out of Belgium have been cancelled for a day due to strike action, the country’s air traffic control has announced. The period of cancellation will run for 24 hours, from 22:00 (21:00 GMT) on Tuesday. A national strike has been called by three major trade union federations. Air traffic agency Skeyes said that there was “no ...

Australian PM Scott Morrison says he will re-open a controversial detention centre on Christmas Island, after a historic defeat in parliament. On Tuesday, non-government MPs secured enough votes to pass a bill making it easier for sick refugees held offshore to be treated in the country. Mr Morrison said the law would weaken the nation’s tough border policies and embolden ...

A number of people have been killed and injured in a stampede at a campaign rally for Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, local officials say. The incident happened at a stadium in the southern city of Port Harcourt when the crowd surged towards a gate after President Buhari’s speech. Nigeria holds an election on Saturday in which Mr Buhari is running ...

Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaidó has told tens of thousands of his supporters that humanitarian aid will be brought in, despite opposition from President Nicolás Maduro. He also told a rally in Caracas that “the usurper [Maduro] has to leave”. Mr Maduro earlier told the BBC he would not allow aid in as it was a way for the US ...

Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry has welcomed the move by President Edgar Lungu to sign the framework on the African Continental  Free Trade Area in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AFCFTA) is a trade agreement between African Union member states, with the goal of creating a single market followed by free movement and a single-currency union. ...